A Greek Marble Head of Aphrodite , Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd - 1st century BCE Amulets - Offerings accession number: DE-MUS-815718

accession number:  DE-MUS-815718

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This piece thus represents a highly unusual and desirable survival from the late Ramesside period

These fine silver examples demonstrate the culture’s mastery of small-scale metalwork and its reverence for creatures of the sea and sky

with a curved form sitting on a low ring base and two handles applied at either end of the wide mouth

A Greek Marble Head of Aphrodite , Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd - 1st century BCE Amulets - Offerings accession number: DE-MUS-815718The goddess of love finely sculpted, with her head gently tilted to the left and her gaze downturned. She has a lovely oval face with youthful, idealized features. Her brows smoothly merge with the bridge of her nose, and she possesses deep set eyes with prominent upper lids. Her lips are full and sensual, and her chin is pointed. Her hair is styled in an elaborate melon coiffure, swept back over her ears and elegantly gathered in a chignon at the